1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese war film The Battle at Changjin     1     (arouse) enthusiastic discussion on Chinese social media since it debuted around the country on September 30.

The film tells the story about how Chinese People’s Volunteer soldiers held their ground during fierce cold and the enemy’s more advanced weapons. However, the real battlefield is far     2     (impressive). Changjin Lake     3     (locate) in North Korea. The war was     4     in severely cold winter with temperature of around minus 40℃. CPV soldiers did not only need to fight against enemies,     5     had to battle over the nature with their strong will. Chinese People’s Volunteer Army won the battle by     6     (fight) against impossible odds. The Battle of Changjin Lake became a critical moment in the war. It is not the film itself but the     7     (hero) of the war years who fought     8     (blood) for our country and the people     9     make people moved.

Song Zhongping,     10     military expert and TV commentator, emphasized that the film shows that the Chinese people don’t provoke troubles, but never flinch (退缩) when troubles come their way and are able to defeat provocation (挑衅).

2 . TRADITIONAL belief has always had it that a not-so-clear-thinking---Vincent Van Gogh cut off his own ear after a fight with the French artist Paul Gauguin in 1888.Van Gogh is said to have handed the ear to a woman named Rachel. Then, doing what any person who had just lost an ear might do, he went home to take a nap.

But a new book titled In Van Gogh’s Ear argues that it was Gauguin who cut off the Dutch painter’s ear. Authors Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans explained inconsistencies(矛盾) in Gauguin’s description of the event and his ability as an expert swordsman(剑客). “Vincent might have attacked him; Gauguin wanted to defend himself and to get rid of this “madman’,……

They believe that Gauguin and Van Gogh agreed to hide the incident. But that doesn’t mean Gogh never dropped a hint about the “real” story. He once told his brother Theo in a letter, “Luckily, Gauguin is not yet armed with machine guns and other dangerous war weapons”.

1. It is widely accepted by people that         cut off his ear.

A．Hans Kaufmann

B．Gauguin

C．Rachel

D．Van Gogh himself

2. Which statement is WRONG according to the passage ?

A．Van Gogh is a Dutch painter

B．Gauguin didn’t use a machine gun to cut off Van Gogh’s ear

C．Theo is van Gogh’s brother

D．Van Gogh had slept for a long time after his ear was cut off

3. We can infer from the passage that ______________.

A．Van Gogh cut off his own ears.

B．It’s not possible Gauguin who cut off Van Gogh’s ear

C．Kaufmann and Wildegans wrote the book called In Van Gogh’s Ear

D．Van Gogh never dropped a hint about his ear

4. what does last sentence mean in Van Gogh’s letter to his brother?

A．Gauguin wanted to kill him

B．He was lucky not to be killed by Gauguin

C．He hated Gauguin

D．He wanted to tell his brother it was who cut off his ear

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Who cut off Van Gogh’s ear?

B．The introduction of Van Gogh

C．A new book titled In Van Gogh’s Ear

D．A   Swordsman